# narrow (spatial)

Having a small range between boundaries.

- Computed level: L5 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: published  ·  Domain: property  ·  Arena: E1

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [small](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-small.size), [range](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-range.spatial), [boundary](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-boundary.limit)

**Through:** Two boundaries close together leave little room between them.

**Novel properties:**
- little room to vary

## Examples
- The Strait of Gibraltar is 14 km wide at its narrowest point, constraining Atlantic-Mediterranean ship traffic. *(geography)*
- A 2-millimeter clearance in the LHC's superconducting magnets limits allowable beam divergence. *(engineering)*
- Tokyo's Chuo Line trains operate on tracks spaced only 3.1 meters apart, among the narrowest for double-track tunnels. *(transportation)*

## Used by
- [bottleneck](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-bottleneck.constraint) (L8)
- [brink](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-brink.edge) (L12)
- [certainty](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-certainty.epistemic) (L10)
- [constraint](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-constraint.limiting) (L12)
- [deferred maintenance](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-deferred-maintenance.upkeep) (L15)
- [delay](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-delay.timing) (L15)
- [delicate](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-delicate.window) (L13)
- [essence](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-essence.core) (L17)
- [factor of safety](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-factor-of-safety.margin) (L15)
- [form](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-form.shape) (L9)
- [fragile](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-fragile.conditional) (L11)
- [frozen](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-frozen.state) (L18)
- [good enough](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-good-enough.threshold) (L16)
- [grip](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-grip.constraint) (L13)
- [ground](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-ground.level) (L11)
- [inertia](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-inertia.resistance) (L12)
- [insight](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-insight.cognitive) (L19)
- [keystone](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-keystone.system) (L18)
- [marginal](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-marginal.spatial) (L12)
- [missing the forest for the trees](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-missing-the-forest-for-the-trees.abstraction) (L18)
- [necessity](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-necessity.condition) (L18)
- [no free openings](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-no-free-openings.no-openings) (L18)
- [order](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-order.arrangement) (L8)
- [parasitism](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-parasitism.systemic) (L18)
- [precarious](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-precarious.unstable) (L15)
- [pure](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-pure.state) (L18)
- [relief](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-relief.emergent) (L8)
- [rhythm](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-rhythm.temporal) (L16)
- [rupture](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-rupture.structural) (L11)
- [safety](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-safety.security) (L15)
- [scale](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-scale.parameter) (L12)
- [scar](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-scar.residual) (L17)
- [slack](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-slack.margin) (L18)
- [strain](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-strain.measurable-degradation) (L12)
- [symmetry versus regularity licence](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-symmetry-versus-regularity-licence.licence) (L12)
- [table stakes](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-table-stakes.threshold) (L15)
- [thaw](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-thaw.recovery) (L18)
- [the compression claim](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-the-compression-claim.assertion) (L12)
- [trimming the fat](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-trimming-the-fat.margin) (L18)
- [truth](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-truth.epistemic) (L10)

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*Canonical: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-narrow.spatial*  
*Structured data: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-narrow.spatial.json*  
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